Institutional

Institutional

Institutional dumbwaiter uses include installs at museums, airports, government, crime prevention and confinement facilities to name just a few. They provide convenience, security, labor savings, as well as transport and space efficiencies.

The Matot unit installed at a police department to move weapons and ammunition from the secured arms locker to the firing range. The unit was equipped with a card reader that only allowed certain personnel to open the doors.

Matot provided food service in the San Quentin prison. The kitchen was in a centrally located area which served the prisoners in the cafeteria. Many prisoners at San Quentin are in solitary confinement or death row. They are not allowed to leave their cells even for meals. Trustees tasked with food service are carefully watched and have restricted movement. The Matot dumbwaiter was used to move large carts with trays of prepared food to varying areas of the prison. The unit was specially manufactured with perforated cab and gates so that guards could see into the unit to make sure prisoners were not using the material lift to access areas of the prison restricted to them.

A turn of the century hand roped manual dumbwaiter at the US Supreme Court Library was within the existing historic building structure. This required the new unit fit within the existing shaft way. The floor to floor heights were only 8’ high. Matot was able to fit the new modern technology, a fully-automated modern stainless steel fully automated unit with power doors, into the old footprint.

With the most sophisticated design outputs in the business we can get you the drawings, specs and budgets you need to secure your project and keep it moving ahead. Our Planning Center has everything from basic information to final drawings.

Our goal is to deliver real benefits to our clients. We have a range of case studies that demonstrate how Matot dumbwaiters can not only save time, space and money, but also enhance safety and deliver a range of efficiencies.